…Crassula coccinea Crassula coccinea Puya chilensis flower stalks. We have missed them and the seeds are setting. Note the size the plants have to be to generate a flower stalk….

…‘Compacta Coccinea’ was looking good and makes a nice shrub. Escallonia ‘Compacta Coccinea’ Escallonia ‘Compacta Coccinea’ Sadly this is not quite a Dianthus ‘Mrs Sinkins’ which we are missing pictures…

…coccinea ‘Snow Maiden’ Hesperantha coccinea ‘Snow Maiden’ Skimmia japonica ‘Veitchii’ and Euonymus fortunei ‘Harlequin’. Skimmia japonica ‘Veitchii’ and Euonymus fortunei ‘Harlequin’ Skimmia japonica ‘Veitchii’ and Euonymus fortunei ‘Emerald n’ Gold’….

…lurks in the tunnels Quercus coccinea at its best. Quercus coccinea Quercus coccinea I have always found the autumn colour in the garden here on Nyssa sylvatica as disappointing. Not…

…– in the tunnel but still a good red. Better than Quercus rubra or not? Smaller leaf certainly here but the jury is out. Quercus coccinea Quercus coccinea Fothergilla major…

…‘Royal Red’ Acer platanoides ‘Royal Red’ Acer heldreichii looks very much like an A. platanoides! Acer heldreichii Acer heldreichii Azalea ‘Coccinea Grandiflora’ making a good show. Azalea ‘Coccinea Grandiflora’ Azalea…

…coccinea. Crassula coccinea Erica cerinthoides – the heath from South African which Burncoose has sold on occasion. Erica cerinthoides Echium gentianoides was a startling blue. Echium gentianoides Echium gentianoides Thymus…

…decorum out earlier than expected by Tin Garden. Rhododendron decorum Azalea ‘Coccinea Grandiflora’. Azalea ‘Coccinea Grandiflora’ The Caerhays bred and paler coloured form of Rhododendron ‘Moonstone’. Rhododendron ‘Moonstone’ Rhododendron ‘Moonstone’…

…Salvia africano-lutea Crassula coccinea with striking red flowers. Much better than our Crassula sarcocaulis. Crassula coccinea Banksia ericifolia with its yellow ‘pineapple’ flower – new to me. Banksia ericifolia Banksia…

…a week ago. Quercus imbricaria Quercus imbricaria Quercus coccinea stunning too. Quercus coccinea Lagerstroemia indica ‘Red Emperor’ Lagerstroemia indica ‘Red Emperor’ Fothergilla intermedia ‘Blue Shadow’ Fothergilla intermedia ‘Blue Shadow’ Fothergilla…

…coccinea at its zenith! Quercus coccinea Various forms of Ginkgo turning nicely. Ginkgo Franklinia alatamaha has amazing autumn colour. Franklinia alatamaha Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum ‘Pearl’ now full out. Loropetalum…

…Hesperantha coccinea ‘Pink Princess’ is nearly white in reality. Hesperantha coccinea ‘Pink Princess’ Correa ‘Marian’s Marvel’ full out on top of a wall by the old packing shed. Correa ‘Marian’s…

…in a tunnel. Solarium jasminum ‘Album’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Jelena’ just out. Other varieties still to show colour. Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Jelena’ Schizostylis coccinea ‘Major’ still with plenty of flower…

…cappadocica ‘Cherry Ingram’ Omphalodes cappadocica ‘Cherry Ingram’ Geranium sanguineum ‘Striatum’. Geranium sanguineum ‘Striatum’ Hesperantha coccinea ‘Sunrise’. Hesperantha coccinea ‘Sunrise’ The gingers have still not died down. gingers Newly delivered are…

…pictures Damage at Tregrehan rather less severe says Tom who sends me a picture of him Symplocos coccinea in flower. Symplocos coccinea The drive is now clear after a fashion…

…over Azalea ‘Maja’ Azalea ‘Maja’ Azalea ‘Coccinea Grandiflora’ – raised before 1922 Azalea ‘Coccinea Grandiflora’ Azalea ‘Corneille’ Azalea ‘Corneille’ Azalea ‘Corneille’ Azalea ‘Merveille’ Azalea ‘Merveille’ Azalea ‘Merveille’ Azalea ‘Bartholo Lazzari’…

…leaf. Splendid if we had the sun on it. beech tree The Quercus coccinea by the garden entrance is also putting on its first leaves. Strangely attractive how they seem…

…perhaps. Firmania simplex A nasty orange fungal growth from the base of an elderly Quercus coccinea. orange fungal growth 2017 – CHW A big leafed young Rhododendron sinogrande grossly over…

…glauca The holly-like Griselinia jodinifolia which I have only seen before at Tregrehan. Griselinia jodinifolia Griselinia jodinifolia Nothofagus pumilio. Nothofagus pumilio I have never seen Mitraria coccinea growing as large…

…have bizarre names as you would expect. Ghent Hybrids Splendens coccinea – reddish (probably correctly named as coccineum speciosum) Ghent Hybrids ‘Maya’ – yellow and sort of semi double Ghent…